Maryborough · Suburb / Locality

Language in Maryborough

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary way people communicate in Maryborough (Vic.), where only 3.3% of residents speak another language at home. This is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, making it a place where very few people use a non-English language in their daily lives.

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📍 Maryborough, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Around 90.8% of residents speak only English at home, which is far below the Victorian average of 27.6%. While the number of people who speak little or no English is higher than most similar areas, it ever so slightly reaches 0.3%, which remains well below the national figure of 3.4%.

3.3% ▲ +89.8%

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.7%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 3.3%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.3% ▼ -19.7%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.3%

Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21618/maryborough/topic/language